Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tiger swallowtail

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English

Syllables: tiger swal-low-tail
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a group of North American butterfly species in the genus Papilio that typically have a distinctive pattern of black stripes on yellow wings reminiscent of tiger fur.

Inflected Forms

tiger swallowtails (plural)

Questions

What does tiger swallowtail mean?: Any of a group of North American butterfly species in the genus Papilio that typically have a distinctive pattern of black stripes on yellow wings reminiscent of tiger fur.

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